Here is a very interesting report on the potential benefits of open source verses proprietary software. http://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html It is very lengthy but well written from a research standpoint with many good references (links). For anyone trying to put together any type of presentation on open source it should provide some very useful information. -- Paul Overby xpoverby at attbi.com phone: 651-681-8084